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Wright, Jennifer, 2026, "Worn or Torn Household Textile Donation Drive Report", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/CAPNIR, Borealis, V1
In a bid to address the growing problem of textile waste in Ontario landfills, the Worn or Torn Donation Drive was launched as a pilot study in London, Ontario. Community partners, including the City of London, Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes, and Fanshawe College's Centre for Research and Innovation, initiated this collaborative effort. Th... |
Lee, Heejin; Wright, Jennifer, 2026, "From Textile Waste to Biochar: Pyrolysis Yields and Characterization", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/NIQND5, Borealis, V1
The research presented in this report works to contribute to the field of open-loop recycling by investigating pyrolysis of textile waste into char and biochar. Carbon-rich char and biochar are gaining traction as a sustainable strategy for soil amendment, waste management, and carbon sequestration. The char/biochar distinction is based on input: c... |
Jun 27, 2025
Whittingham, Amanda; Chapagain Bucktowar, Sushanti, 2025, "High-Density Residential Compost Pilot", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/YUE5EG, Borealis, V1, UNF:6:zhdnamEvtcwKHyWzmd8yjw== [fileUNF]
A compost program had not been attempted inside Fanshawe residences before, but composting is well-established across campus. This project aimed to utilize the already available compost collection plan in campus to test out the possibility of extending it inside Fanshawe Residences. Funded by the City of London and Fanshawe College, Fanshawe Sustai... |
Balla, Nitya Rani, 2024, "Navigating Gender-based Inequity: The Role of Supervisory Support in Career Satisfaction Among South Asian Immigrants in Canada", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/SHKNUG, Borealis, V2, UNF:6:LRFQZq77eZL/oyt1i6+Jow== [fileUNF]
This study aims to examine the role of gender-based inequity on the workplace experiences of South Asian immigrants in Canada. Specifically, it investigates the differences in gender-based inequity at work experienced by South Asian immigrant women and men, the level of supervisory support they receive, and the impact of these factors on their care... |
Oct 1, 2024
Wright, Jennifer, 2024, "Empowering Women with Work at Home: Opportunity for Remote Home-based Apparel Production Networks", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/ADDIZQ, Borealis, V1
The shuttering of society led companies, institutions, and education to move to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this has come favourable circumstances for women with childcare and eldercare responsibilities to be employed because of continued work at home opportunities. Since 2020 there has been an increase of women in the workforce... |
Wright, Jennifer, 2024, "Disrupting Fast Fashion: A Case Study about Social and Environmental Innovation", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/BG0OYB, Borealis, V3
Initiated in 2018, Disrupting Fast Fashion: A Case Study about Social and Environmental Innovation was a four-year project intended to recognize and undo the harm that fast fashion precipitates at its origin and in Canada, from both a mutual benefit and environmental point of view. Cornerstones of the research include a re-imagining of the roles of... |
Wright, Jennifer, 2024, "Investigating Biochar Potential of a Cotton Shoddy Dust-Cotton Shred Blended Input", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/10NZ20, Borealis, V1
Through collaboration, Fanshawe College, Autoneum, Goodwill Industries, and the Institute for Chemical and Fuels from Alternate Resources (ICFAR) at Western University explored the possibility of creating a high-value biochar product from a combined feedstock of cotton shoddy dust and end- of-use textile shred. This investigation looked at three po... |
Wright, Jennifer, 2024, "Building Circularity: Diverting end-of-use Textiles from Landfill to Boost Soil Amendment for Urban Farming Furthering Food Security", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/CUKPWG, Borealis, V1
Finding innovative solutions to industrial textile waste is an immediate challenge for the fashion industry and society at large. Bringing cellulosic textile waste, free of dyes and finishes, back to the soil is a circular solution for manufacturer textile offcuts and has the potential to provide organic matter to soil through a variety of amendmen... |
